80 Years Since the Outbreak of WWII.
A Lecture in Commemoration of Kristallnacht
Professor Deborah Lipstadt: “Antisemitism: Old Wine in New Bottles”
Date: Sunday, November 10, 2019
Time: 7:00 p.m.
Location: Kehillat Beth Israel Congregation, 1400 Coldrey Ave, Ottawa
Cost: Free but RSVP required to HEMrsvp2019@gmail.com.
Kristallnacht, known as the Night of Broken Glass, a wave of violent attacks on Jewish stores, homes and synagogues (hence the shattered glass) took place across Nazi Germany and Austria on November 9 and 10, 1938, setting off an explosion of human destruction that was to become the Holocaust.
Keynote Speakers
Professor Deborah Lipstadt: “Antisemitism: Old Wine in New Bottles”
Deborah Lipstadt is the Dorot Professor of Holocaust Studies at Emory University in Atlanta and has published and taught about the Holocaust for close to 40 years. She is a world-renowned Holocaust historian and the author of six books and numerous articles including History on Trial: My Day in Court with a Holocaust Denier (2006) and The Eichmann Trial (2011). History on Trial tells the story of how she won the libel suit brought against her by Holocaust denier David Irving. Professor Lipstadt has been a consultant to the United State Holocaust Memorial Museum in Washington and in 1994 she was appointed by President Bill Clinton to the United States Holocaust Memorial Council, serving two terms. Her most recent book is Antisemitism Here and Now (2019).
The Arie van Mansum Award
The Arie van Mansum Award is an important part of this evening. The Arie van Mansum Award is awarded each year by CHES to an educator who has done exemplary work in Holocaust education. The award is a tribute to Mr. Arie van Mansum, a Dutch-born man who emigrated to Canada after the Second World War and who was recognized by Yad Vashem as Righteous Among the Nations for saving Jews during the war. The CHES’ award is presented by one of Arie van Mansum’s daughters.
Presented by: the Centre for Holocaust Education and Scholarship (CHES) in cooperation with the Azrieli Foundation, Kehillat Beth Israel Congregation, the Zelikovitz Centre for Jewish Studies at Carleton University
